Annotated Bibliography
Title
Assessing the
affective domain
Author
Gallo, Ann Marie
Purpose
The article primarily focuses on
designing a method for the
grading and assessment of
behaviors of students in the
Physical Education setting.
Methods
6 physical education instructors
from different districts
collaborated in an attempt to
create a non-subjective method of
assessing behavior in their
classrooms.
Using Mobile
devices for
motor-learning
laboratory
exercises
Hill, Kory
The purpose of the article is to
demonstrate how mobile
applications could be utilized in
the laboratory setting as a cost
effective means of exposing
learners to the understanding of
motor patterns.
Students studying motor learning
were tasked with measuring
massed and distributed values of
Fitt’s Law and Hick’s Law using
mobile applications vs. the
traditional laboratory methods.
App up your
physical
education
program
Mears, Derrick;
Sibley, Benjamin
A.; McKethan,
Robert
The purpose of this article was
to offer suggestions on the use of
two different types of mobile
applications namely:
orienteering applications and
workout prescription
The authors provide a variety of
suggestions and recommendations
for pedagogy with regards to the
type of applications available in
the categories previously
mentioned.
Findings/Conclusion
The researchers collaborated to
design what they was an
effective criteria to assess their
students classroom behavior.
They named it the “Affective
domain criteria”, and the
assessment was utilized twice in
a school year and consisting of
categories including: etiquette,
fairness, communication with
peers, and communication with
instructor. The issue that remains
is that the instructors could not
agree how much this evaluation
should contribute towards a
student’s final grade and thus
each instructor weighted their
marking to their needs.
Modern day mobile based
applications can at times be used
as an alternative method to
traditional lab practices. In this
particular instance, mobile
applications that were intended
as time wasting games were
utilized as a means to calculate
particular laws. It is up to the
instructor to create the objectives
of the lesson and to formulate
the lesson to help students
achieve those objectives.
The authors conclude that the
majority of physical education
programs are behind in terms of
the use of available technology
and that there is certainly a
benefit to including mobile
Quote
“The affective
domain criteria
provided
documentation of
the expected level
of behavior” (Gallo,
2013, p. 48)
“The responses to
the lab questions
have been of the
same quality seen in
the more traditional
labs.” (Hill, 2014, p.
25)
And the
technologies that
they do frequently
use- like
pedometers and
heart rate monitors-
applications.
applications in the physical
education setting. Benefits
included: an enhanced learning
experience, a means to capture
student’s interest, students are
able to learn about new forms of
technology and how to apply
them to physical education.
Apps for
physical
education:
Teacher tested,
kid approved
Phillips, Amber;
Rodenbeck,
Myshel; Clegg,
Bethany
The digital age has changed the
way in which student’s process
information. This article offers
K-12 educators with examples of
mobile applications that can help
improve the learning experience.
The Authors review a select few
mobile applications for IOS
devices.
Several physical education
instructions found the apps
reviewed in this article to be
useful. The goal is to now entice
a broader range of physical
education instructors to utilize
this readily available learning
tool.
“Exergaming”,
corporate
interests and the
crisis discourse
of childhood
obesity
Vander-Schee,
Carolyn J.;
Boyles, Deron
The purpose of this article is to
examine the obesity discourse
with regards to childhood
obesity and whether or not
terming this discourse a “crisis”
is valid based on the agendas of
corporations.
For this particular article, the
methodological approach includes
review and analysis of popular,
scholarly and curricular texts
related to the use of exergaming in
schools.
Through the review of multiple
sources of literature relating to
exergaming and the obesity
discourse, the authors determine
that the exergaming curriculum
may require a closer look to
establish whose interests are
truly being served.
just cannot compete
with the cool,
cutting edge that
students are
carrying around in
their pockets or
purses” (Mears,
Sibley, &
McKethan, 2013, p.
55)
“Today’s students
have never known
life without
technological
gadgets
and can learn new
technologies
very quickly.
Therefore, physical
educators should
strive to stay
abreast of
technological trends
to enhance
motivation and
learning in their
programs.”
(Phillips,
Rodenbeck, &
Clegg, 2014, p. 28)
“Additionally, our
inquiry responds to
recommendations
that research in this
area shift attention
from the question of
the nature of the
crisis to why the
word crisis is used
as well as the
The Answer
model classroom
Adair, Bill
This research focuses on the
increased level of anxiety
modern day students are
exhibiting in the classroom
setting, and provides information
on the causes of this behavior as
well as solutions on how to build
a connected classroom that
fosters to students primal
instincts.
Utilizing methods drawn from an
array of studies, this literature
provides information regarding
student connectedness in the
classroom and offers suggestions
and recommendations on how to
build a classroom community.
The author concludes that by
applying carefully constructed
peer and personal connections
into lesson plans, students are
able to contribute within their
class, and in so doing students
feel more purposeful in their
actions.
consequences of its
use” (Vander-Schee
& Boyles, 2010, p.
182)
“Children in the old
days fearlessly
climbed trees and
fences and then
jumped off them.
They squealed with
joy as they rolled
down hills, through
mud and over rocks.
They did it with
multiple friends’
perhaps new ones
each day. After a
six or seven hour
learning session at
school they went
home to complete a
substantial list of
chores. They took
pride in doing so.
These same
everyday challenges
incite debilitating
anxiety in modern
day children. What
is happening to our
youth?” (Adair, In
press, p. 4)